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- If my cat farts and I am not around, does it still smell?
- I am trying to send you a picture of my pussy but it gets stuck to the scanner. What to do?
- Are cats really thinking what the captions say or are you guys creative geniuses?
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I submitted my cat to you via the email, yet I see it not. What gives... honkies?
You see, it is like this. There are many factors as to why your cat may not be here. Let us examine them one at a time.
- The majority of the submissions are of low-quality or blurry images; they are dismissed outright.
- Then, there is the 'best-interest' factor. Let us be honest at this juncture. A picture of a cat sitting on a couch, while very special or beautiful to the owner, may not be in the best interest of the site. Those images are a dime a dozen, so unless there is a naked chick or slaughtered lamb in the picture they are dismissed.
- After this, the EVIL factor comes into the equation. To hate or not to hate? That is the question we must then ask of the image. Does this cat really hate, or is he merely perturbed? Are the dreams of this feline replete with mass murder sprees, disembowelments and ritual sacrifice? The answer to this narrows the field even more.
- Can the image be properly and cleverly captioned, removing all doubt of the feline's inner motivation with respect to the scene portrayed?
- On top of all this, there is also a grading scale Jim learned from his many years of working for Microsoft. Each image is judged against its peers: the group of all other images of the same general composition and demonic potential. For every ten images we receive, the top five will advance to the website. But the other images that did not go into the immediate queue for captioning are saved away for days when we have no decent submissions and need some cannon fodder.
Why did you copy ICanHasCheezburgers?
It must be stated time and time again that MCHY predates that fad by half a decade. Do you think Jim would ever bastardize the English language thusly? Honestly, we can't even understand what some of those captions are trying to say. We are iz can haz been heer before dems and r funee in ai difrint weigh. Dig it the most.
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The WordPress theme software we are using to maintain the MCHY content has native support for Gravatar-hosted avatars. After a bit of research, we found that Gravatar is ubiquitously leveraged among WordPress sites, which seems to be about 1/2 of the damned web these days. So, we jumped in the pool and got frothy.
Gravatar is simple to set up and any WordPress site you sign up to with the same email address used at Gravatar will automatically use the same avatar. And if you change your Gravatar image, it automatically "updates" on all sites. Go to GRAVATAR and click on the "Get your Gravatar today" link to set up an avatar in less than two minutes. Then make sure you use that same email when you sign up for an account on MCHY.
Why do I need an account to post a comment?
Because we hate to delete spam on a daily basis. Do you not? Are you some kind of Spamarrific super hero? Can we call you SpamMaster Fjord Ninety? Having an account here gives you an identity you can also use in our integrated forum software to troll and flame your fellow feline enthusiasts. You don't HAVE to set up an account, but you can't post a comment or such if you do not. Then what will you tell your friends at the local skating rink when they ask about your feline community involvement?
What is with all the cursings? I like TO fuck, but not READ fuck!
This question comes into the great email server in the sky every few weeks, so we will address it here once and for all.
This website is not for children, nor has it ever been. It was started by two disenchanted Microsoft employees that had nothing but vodka, notepad.exe and time on their hands. Being that those two guys grew up in Los Angeles, their experience was that of the big city. In larger urban populations, one becomes accustomed to a certain vernacular necessary for real-world dealings, shit-starting, and occasionally clever linguistic retreat. (Think Deadwood)
We found that the feline world is not so different. One finds cats who would never utter a "salty" word except in the most dire of circumstance, and then a minced oath may suffice, while others may curse their way to hell walking from the litter box to the feeding bowl, enflaming the ears of any close enough to overhear. The goal of MCHY is certainly to mimic the real world without filter or censor.
The point has been made that the Bad Cat and MyCatHatesYou book and the calendars are without such rough language, so why should the site be any different. We can say to that point that the site was here years before any of that stuff was even considered, and those products were certainly cleaned up for what we affectionately call the "Wall*Mart" crowd. Though a careful reader will certainly find some rather questionable material in that content regarding sexuality, drug use, and bestiality, but those issues are never brought up.
That being said, 4% of the captions (194 out of 4600) have the words fuck or shit; the rest do not. We find this ratio easily an order of magnitude lower than the occurrence of these words in our real life usage, ergo we find nothing wrong with using normal adult language in the anthropomorphism of the site's feline residents, represented by the minute ratio above.
One more note: though the captions are edited by Jim, many of them come straight from our own users. C'est la guerre, n'est-ce pas?
If you have any questions that were not covered here, which is very likely, please send us email and ask away. Jim will probably get back to you within a fortnight.
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|2009-08-16, 03:36
|Link #1241
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 31
Basically just gonna echo what Sinestra just said, we're just discussing the future of the series. I don't see any harm in that at all. This thread has been quite good with there being no shipping, because i seriously thought we'd see it in the early stages of the series.
|2009-08-16, 03:42
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|2009-08-16, 06:25
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About boring feeling, it was not intented to be offensive in any way, it is not like I dislike Charlotte. It is the plot that seems to be boring to me. Seeing the end from afar takes away interest from the other girl's efforts and developments. I mean, it's like (sort of) watching a football match knowing the final score, you keep on enjoying it, but in a relaxed way. And in these cases, anyways, I prefer when obstacles/problems help to close up, to grow up a not-yet-relationship instead of a close up couple that have to face them together. But this is a matter of own taste, so don't be bothered.
Ah, about Shuffle, it has such an atipical plot that it's not possible to compare to, imho. And to do that they had to "kill" a killer character as Kaede.
|2009-08-16, 07:35
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Age: 32
Rant on shipping incoming, sails ahoy!
The way i see it, really, most of the claims that the show is "boring" and "predictable" and the ones of similar nature regarding a possible Charlotte ending is shipping. I can't really take it much different than "This show would be so much better if would look like my favorite girl is about to win" ... no, really I question the implied notion that the writing of this show would have benefited in any way if they were gearing towards another end.
Predictable ? It would be no less predictable if it was steering towards another direction (assuming the writer cares about development), because we would be seeing different developments on screen. What is mostly seen as "predictable" for the most part just means the show is having coherent narrative and is consistent in the aims it is trying to achieve. If the writer has a specific ending in mind, he must develop the story in a way the destination makes sense once you are there and look back at the journey. The word is almost being used as a flaw of the show, it isn't necessarily the case. This show is, besides other things, a romance show. Which means it is about relationships. If the goal of this show is a Charlotte ending, it makes sense she and her developments with Teppei take up a good portion of the screentime; the journey should be able to support the ending, and devoting screentime towards supporting the foundation for that is required. It would be the same if the show was aiming for, say, Seika's ending - we would see Seika spending time with Teppei in some manner, her issues being brought to front so Teppei can focus on them and as an extension towards her, and so forth. Same for any other girl.
The writing or storytelling techniques wouldn't really change much - what would change is about whom the story is mostly writing about. It is indeed perfectly normal to have preferences between characters and wanting to see more of X over Y, but just because a show isn't delivering what you specifically want is no flaw of the show. It is easy to make claims like "boring", but in the end that says more about your expectations (or more likely: what you want) than it does about the show. One might find Seika interesting and wants more focus on her. I believe the absence of her very existence would make for a superior viewing experience. So which one of us would be right ? Which of those would be the "correct" option for the show to take ? Neither, really, and if we aren't careful in such notions they can be easily blown out of proportion to the point where we start seeing our unfulfilled wishes as flaws of the show to some magnitude.
If the show continues on the current vein, keeps allocating screentime to interactions between Charlotte and Teppei and developing their relationship, and ends with them as a couple on the final note, then i can look back and say the show had decent writing (depending on how we get there, but lets ignore this part for now). If they are indeed building up said ending, they are doing a reasonable job thus far, and the focus is generally in the right place. Not focusing on something else isn't necessarily a flaw of the show either. It could be nice, it could be bad, it could be beneficial, it could be deterring - deeper focus on the other girls (Which we may still get to some degree) can be any number of things, but isn't a requirement if they are setting up a definite eventual couple from the start. It doesn't need to be "unpredictable" to be good - most of the time, as far as relationships are involved, the verdict seems to be the opposite in the end.
So ..yea, do excuse my rant, but i felt like getting this out of the way - i have experienced more shipping wars in the past than i would care about, and while this one here isn't nearly as bad some of the echoes from the past, there is definitely something brewing under the surface. Lets not go there to keep the atmosphere of the thread enjoyable, rather than frustrating
(And please no Shuffle comparisons, there is a reason why that show is considered to have several trainwreck moments in terms of writing )
|2009-08-16, 10:25
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I dunno now... after going through a few days worth in the game, I somehow think that with Charlotte's character, one can't exactly say for sure that 'Oh, she's definitely going to end with him because she always goes on the offensive'... That's just how she is, and Teppei may still end up with another girl.
Or it could just be me imagining too much.
|2009-08-16, 10:56
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Well, I'm quite late but here it comes anyway:
Princess Lover! episode 07 (tentative)
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I'll erase the URL in a few hours (at least until the first raw or blog entry appears you-know-where) so, if you want to visit the page later on, save my link somewhere (in your bookmarks or notepad...whatever) while it's still up.
EDIT: link once again preemptively removed since I won't be there to take it down tomorrow. Just keep your eyes peeled for the raw and you'll be inevitably rewarded.
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|2009-08-16, 12:02
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interesting rant.
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|2009-08-16, 12:19
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|2009-08-16, 12:34
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PL is still very good and we still have a decent amount of episodes to go. Our opinion could change over the next 2 weeks
|2009-08-16, 13:34
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Here's a point that I can agree with, but I really think that's jumping the gun a bit in itself. I myself would be pretty angry if Seika only gets the fourth episode for her development, but we a good amount of episodes left as you said, and I'm sure there's plenty of more ground to cover from her (and every other girl for that matter) path in the visual novel. If the show can give equal treatment for all girls, then I don't think having a predictable ending would be all to bad in the end. Let's just be a little patient here guys, your favorite girl's time to shine will end up happening sooner or later (hopefully).
|2009-08-16, 14:34
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Episode 6 looks like a time skipped for me. All girls suddenly accept their love toward Teppei and they even make a pact together. Just when and where does this development come from? They really look like they're fully developed at this point.
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|2009-08-16, 15:19
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well after this episode the outcome seems pretty much set in stone....
a shame that Yuu never had any time or development....
Oh well....Fight-O Charlotte!
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|2009-08-16, 16:05
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|2009-08-16, 18:13
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Once again, the tried and true formulas are used. Very rarely do you see the 4th wall broken. -sigh-
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|2007-04-05, 11:39
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anyway the straw hat is important in the story of one piece ... because luffy want to become the pirate king just to return the hat to shanks ... he promised shanks that he will return the hat to him when he become a great pirate (then he said he will become the pirate king).
the straw hat is shanks treasure but he gave it to luffy ... and luffy consider his hat his most important treasure ... so the hat have strong effect on the story since luffy start his adventure because of it..
anyway i don't think it is one piece ... but it could have something to do with reach raftel.
|2007-04-05, 21:50
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|2007-04-07, 14:18
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I can say you one thing, the chance on the hat beeing one piece is 0% and the chance of it beeing once of Roger is 0% to. And the reason is cause then Buggy wouldn't have ever damaged it but rather steal it from Luffy prolly. Buggy hated the hat cause it belonged to Shanks!! And Buggy would've known as beeing Shanks fellow crewmate.
The only significance the strawhat has is that it's Luffys trademark and cause of the rarity of people wearing strawhats that it makes Luffy recognizable hell a easy. It has no special meaning prolly... Except for Luffy that it belongs to the man that he idolises.
And the Zoro vs Shanks discussion, do you really think that Zoro would just blindly duel Shanks if Luffy wouldn't want it. As long as it's avoidable and Luffy wouldn't want it he won't do it. Zoro has the upmost respect for Luffy... He takes a beating in a bar for him vs the weakest guys (bellamy). If Luffy would order him to step down he'll do it in a flash cause he knows Luffy would never do something that jeopardise his goal. And even if Luffy can't convince Zoro you think he won't be able to convince Shanks who has nothing to gain from the duel? A friendly duel could be possible but then again we never saw just a sparmatch so it won't happen I think.
|2007-04-11, 18:53
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i was rewatching the robin flashback recently and a couple of things came to my mind...
first off, did anyone ever think about that strange globe? seems that one piece world has got many different moons, right? i wonder which one eneru went to
but more importantly, the chief librarian said something that made me think. just before he got shot for knowing too much he said that the name of that forgotten country was of great importance, so important that just before he could speak it out he was shot. now i wonder, what could be so important about the name that it needs to be kept secret? i mean, its just the name of the country... so my thinking is that maybe it contains a word.
ever since saulo was revealed to be a D i was sure that its not jsut a family-thing. i mean, thats how you get the D, saulo said that everyone in his family had it, but i generally like to think that what it means is that their ancestors are all from that country. after all, even the rotten blackbeard shares the idea of following ones dream, an ideal that i thnk the world goverment finds dangerous and wants to stop. and thats exactly where i started to wonder, maybe D is short for dream. as in, the country was called dream-something, hinting its philosophy, thereas the D in the names of all people coming from there...
what do you think?
|2007-04-16, 19:19
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If any of you have read one of my previous posts in this thread, I had said that if I thought of a way to "complete" Gear 3rd I would post it. Well I just got inspiration.
First, let's explain how it works, then the afteraffect, and finally the solution. Basically, Luffy is blowing air into his bones, making them larger. When he exits it by releasing the contained air, he shrinks to chibi form. I believe he shrinks because he has no control of how much air he's releasing and, if I actually remember my biology class (just barely ), I slightly remember that the insides of bones have air spaces in them, or something, I forget (biology wasn't my best class). And he has to wait until his bones recollect air to bring him back to normal size.
My idea is that instead of air, he should use water as he could control the flow of water more easily than air and, supposidly, it won't shrink him. Tell me what you think.
|2007-04-17, 03:14
|Link #226
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gear 3rd have powerful attacks but at the same time it is slow .. if he used water he will get even more slower..
also do u except luffy to carry a water tank with him or ever he go ??
|2007-04-17, 03:44
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Luffy takes a deep breath+blows air as gear third..makes his belly giant like+ jumps air then drops all the wieght on poor guy down there saying "gomu gomu no nuclear launch!"
hmm....sounds like a gear three attack anyway - - but mind that luffy mainly using weapon names as attack names: spear-bullet-pistol-bazooka-gattling gun....the final stage would be some mass destruction weapon imo
|2007-04-17, 15:27
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|2007-04-17, 16:36
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|2007-04-20, 19:14
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Look, it was only a theory. I don't expect it to be in the story, but it's nice to fantasize about these things every now and then. I do think that if Luffy can control the air when he releases it, it could turn into an attack of sorts. It may come in handy if he faces Smoker again.
Other than that, I have an idea about what could be expected for Gear 4th, if he ever makes one. For the two current gears, jet and gigant, there is a pattern that could be followed for future gears. For one thing, they both end with the letter t. Another thing, jet is one syllable long, gigant is two, so the next one would be three and so on and so forth. One last thing, it describes how his attacks are different from his normal ones. What I mean by that is: with jet his attacks are fast; with gigant his attacks are giant. You want to know something? Now that I think about it, they probably added an extra g to giant inorder to make it sound more like two syllables.
Well that's all I have, for now anyway.
|2007-04-28, 16:58
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Well I don't see a point in making another gear. He already has one for Speed and Power. What else does he need? I think that the next person to get a boost in power is gonna be Chopper. Everyone else either has some nice new attack or a new more powerful weapon. But not him. I think he's gonna expand the Rumble ball by either making more accessible forms or eliminating the side effects.
|2007-04-29, 04:04
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|2007-04-30, 20:13
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I have an idea. Do you know how Zoro has those awesome Iai attacks (Ittouryuu Iai "Shishi Sonson" and Nitouryuu Iai "Rashomon")? What if he had a Santouryuu Iai using his Asura for the extra arms needed? If he could cut steel with one sword, the sea train with two, maybe he could part the ocean from the surface all the way to the bottom for a short time with three.
|2007-05-20, 12:57
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Okay, I know that my idea on how to "complete" Gear 3rd in the previous post wasn't the best one, but I may have come up with something better. I still believe that Luffy shrinks because when he's letting out all the extra air in his system, he's deflating his bones in the process and needs time to reinflate those bones with air through breathing. I think that Chopper could develop some kind of a pill that can cause Luffy to absorb air at a faster rate (which may not require him to breathe, but may not happen), dramatically decreasing the time needed to reinflate his bones. Again this is only a theory.
|2007-09-25, 20:42
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I know I'm double posting but it shouldn't be a problem since there's a noticable difference in the date.
Anyway, I was looking around and I noticed something. On the covers of the vol. for One Piece, Luffy was present in all but two of them. Those two are vol.s 21 and 42. On those two we see the big enemy teams the crew face and beat. If a pattern occurs, we should see the next team of big enemies on vol. 63, which should not have Luffy present (assuming the series goes that far).
|2007-10-09, 18:42
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a friend of mine was rewatching the series and he saw that when devil fruits were first being explained by axe hand morgan he says " There are devil fruits that can make you breath fire and ones powerful enough to create tsunami's" Now remember that oda likes to foreshadow like sh*t. He is saying this to everyone around him including luffy. So it is foreshadowing luffys families devil fruit abilities. Ace having the power to breath fire. so dragons ability speculated to be control storms/winds could be true since that what could start a tsunami.
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Last fall 1Ls Danielle Chang and Justin Page placed fourth at the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition, hosted by UC Berkeley. As the first three teams tied for first, that made Chang and Page second place winners, qualifying for the National Competition. Erika Schmidt '13 volunteered as Assistant Coach and the three flew to Chicago where Chang and Page advanced to the National Semi-finals and finished seventh in the nation, beating the teams that had finished ahead of them in Berkeley.
1Ls Complete Near Sweep
At the Great Lakes International Mediation Competition at Michigan State School of Law in East Lansing, Michigan, UC Hastings 1Ls brought home the top honors. Danielle Bogaards, Mary Chamaki and Maya Ziv won first place in Team Mediation, and took second place in Team Overall (mediation and advocacy combined). Chamaki and Ziv tied for second place as Individual Mediators. James Kachelmeyer, Hannah Worek and Daniel Brannick placed fifth in Team Overall.
The ABA Regional Representation in Mediation Competition was held at the University of Idaho College of Law in Boise this year, and after an epic road trip, 2L Brighid Fogarty and 1L Jon Tong took third place.
In Chicago, 3L LaFond finished in third place out of 156 mediators at the 2014 International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Mediation Tournament, which features 52 teams from all over the world.
Deep Core of "Really Talented People"
Kyle Gertridge 2L, who competed in the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris and serves on the team's board, said this year's crop of students, from 1Ls to 3L walk-ons, all contributed to the team's deep bench.
"This year the 1Ls came in with a bang. They were extremely good, really quick studies, just naturals. And they had terrific results. We have a young core of really talented people."
Few if any of the students had experience in negotiation or mediation before joining the team, Gertridge noted. "Anyone who has an aptitude for this can jump right in and have a lot of success. It's a true meritocracy. If you have a knack for it, if you are quick study, reasonable, bright and eloquent, you can find success."
1L Alix Pisani, who won a competition in her first semester at UC Hastings, agreed. "The ADR team has been a great community to have as a 1L. It's a lot of fun to practice and travel with the team. The support and advice I've gotten from the 2Ls and 3Ls has been really helpful in adjusting to law school."
Off to Iceland
The team has one more competition this spring, and it's a big one. The Negotiation Challenge, the first international negotiation competition in Europe, provides business and law students diverse venues in which to negotiate complex business deals. This year's Negotiation Challenge will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, and will be the last competition for 3Ls Stacey Boven, Nick Yu and Mike Callahan-Dudley.
"Clint Waasted '04, the team's head coach, continues to serve the school and student community tirelessly," said Sheila Purcell, director of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. "The significant learning his coaching provides accrues not just to the students who win or place, but to the whole team as they hone their negotiation and mediation skills, as well as their ability to support and learn from one another."
Waasted is known for inspiring deep loyalty in his team. "Our deepest thanks go out to all of our community and alumni supporters who coached the team throughout the year, judged during the In School Competition, and contributed to our ongoing success," Waasted said. "The ADR Team is part of a larger team's success, and we are grateful for your enthusiastic support."
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Decatur County Histories
The following county histories are located in the microfilms area on the second floor of the library. Please ask a librarian at the microforms desk or the reference desk if you need assistance with these materials.
Title: Decatur county, Indiana, index of names of persons and of firms.
Author: U.S.--Works progress administration--Indiana.
Published: Indpls., 1938.
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Reel 6 No. 24
Title: Atlas of Decatur co., Indiana; to which are added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations, &c.
Author: Beers, J.H. and Company, Chicago, pub.
Published: Chicago, 1882.
Reel 25 No. 87
Title: A genealogical and biographical record of Decatur county, Indiana; compendium of national biography.
Published: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company, 1900.
Reel 28 No. 106
Title: History of Decatur County, Indiana, its people , industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizen and genealogical records of many of the old families. Author: Harding, Lewis Albert, 1880-.
Published: Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1915.
Title: Historical Sketches of Fugit Township, Decatur County, Indiana. Papers read at the old settlers reunion held at Mt. Carmel, June 6, 1901 and other interesting facts.
Published: 1901.
Title: ... Leading industries of the principal places in Decatur, Bartholomew, Jackson and Lawrence counties, Indiana. With a review of their manufacturing, mercantile and general interests, advantageous location, & c.; including a brief historical and statistical sketch of their rise and progress.
Published: [n.p. : Historical & Statistical Publishing Co.], 1885.
Title: Directory of Decatur county, state of Indiana, giving name, post office address, occupation and description of land of each and every man of the county.
Author: Thompson & Brown.
Published: Brownstown, c1895.


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Home on Chaparral heavily damaged by fire
Early this morning a house on Chaparral burst into flames.The fire started around 7:50am, caused by a still burning stove that caught the attention of the occupant. Borger Fire Marshal Jerry Langwell stated that there were no injuries to the occupants, although a family pet was killed. The mother and her small child escaped the blaze and called the fire department. He also stated that there were about 14 fire Fighters on the scene with two engine trucks, one ladder truck, and two chief vehicles. The fire was contained in about 15 minutes and completely extinguished with in 30 minutes. The fire Department will be holding a prescribed burn behind the alley of Pinehurst about 10:15am. This will be a protected fire with about 40 fire fighters and 10 Trucks. Langwell stated that they are burning some of this area just to take precautions in case there happens to be a wild fire, so that they can possibly save some homes in that area.


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Wireless traffic-info networks could save BEEELIONS per year
And that's in Germany alone, say München autoboffins
A newly released study contends that adding wireless communication between cars and traffic-sensing infrastructure could add up to an annual savings of €11.4bn ($15bn) in accident prevention, fuel, and pollution costs – and that's in Germany alone.
"The benefits of networking are great, particularly in situations where hidden dangers lurk," says professor Fritz Busch, chair of the Transfortation Technology department at the Technischen Universität München (TUM), which conducted the research.
The study tested "car-to-x communication" simTD (Sichere Intelligente Mobilität – Testfeld Deutschland, or Safe Intelligent Mobility – Test Field Germany) technology developed by TUM, automakers, and others, and sponsored by government and industry. The automotive-information system uses a wireless network that links together cars, motorcycles, and roadside sensors.
TUM loaded up 120 vehicles with simTD tech, which 500 test drivers then used to travel 1.6 million kilometers (932,000 miles) on highways, country roads, and city streets in and around Frankfurt for six months. The simTD vehicles received data from one another and from a network of roadside stations that provided them with traffic, road condition, and weather info.
In addition, data from the vehicles and sensors was anonymized and collected in a central location, where it was used to forcast and manage route planning.
A few of the vehicles in the simTD test, lined up and waiting for their drivers
"Drivers with simTD technology equipped vehicles are in a significantly better position for anticipatory driving," TUM says, based on information presented to them on an in-car display that uses traffic and weather info to recommend routes, as well as suggestions for the optimum speed to drive to take advantage of timed green lights along a stretch of road.
Accident-prevention is another simTD benefit – so much so that TUM estimates that over half of all intersection-related accidents can be reduced when drivers are warned well in advance that another driver is approaching the same intersection.
Another example of simTD's accident-prevention help, TUM explains, is that a driver can be notified of another car's braking even when their view of that car is obstructed by other vehicles, thus allowing the drver of the simTD-equipped vehicle to brake early and avoid a pile-up.
"The field test clearly shows that the system provides for enhanced safety, efficiency and comfort in road traffic," says Busch. "Drivers have used the information to adapt their speed and driving behavior earlier to a particular traffic situation."
TUM also claims that not all cars need to be simTD-equipped for its benefits to be felt. If a simTD car slows down or changes lanes because its driver has been informed of an impending hazard, for example, vehicles around it should get the hint, as well.
If all vehicles were equipped with the technology and sufficient roadside stations were set up to provide traffic data, the simTD project partners estimate, based on their test results, that in Germany €6.5bn could be saved annually in accident prevention alone, and another €4.9bn saved "through shorter travel times and lower environmental pollution."
The simTD system is not just a pie-in-the-sky pipe dream, if you don't mind a bit of a mixed metaphor. "The car-to-x technology is now ready for market," says Christian Weiß, who coordinated the TUM project.
The first operational simTD system is planned to go into operation in 2015 in a traffic corridor between Rotterdam and Vienna, via Frankfurt. ®


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Last July, when World Trade Organization members failed to reach agreement on key agricultural and manufacturing provisions of the Doha Round trade negotiations, most analyses of the outstanding issues focused on a Special Safeguard Mechanism that developing countries could use to stop surges in imports.
Developing countries want a SSM to be incorporated in the agreement. The SSM would allow a developing country to raise its tariffs on specific products in the event of a surge in imports or if the price of imports falls below a certain level.
The big disagreement in Geneva in July was whether the developing countries could raise those tariffs above even current levels. The United States argued in July this would actually increase import restraints when the negotiation was supposed to be about reducing import barriers.
Having reviewed the negotiating provisions under discussion this past July, one is left to wonder what surge in imports the developing countries are worried about. Unfortunately for U.S. agriculture, the current Doha Round agricultural text has so many loopholes that most agricultural trade to developing countries will be shielded from any real increase in market access.
At the July 2008 Mini-Ministerial, the director general of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, proposed a compromise "package" intended to form the basis for further compromises and discussions. The Lamy package contained so-called "special product" provisions that would allow developing countries to designate 12 to 13 percent of their tariff lines as exempt from the overall tariff cuts called for in the negotiating text. Up to 5 percent of such tariff lines may be exempt from any tariff cuts.
Because the bulk of agricultural trade to developing countries is concentrated in a few tariff lines, providing special product exemptions on even a small percentage of tariff lines will impact a very large portion of the actual agricultural trade that occurs.
In many cases, a special products exemption of 12 percent will exempt about 90 percent of the existing agricultural trade from the formula tariff cuts that are the foundation of the Doha negotiations.
A 5 percent exemption from any tariff cuts would cover between 80 and 85 percent of agricultural imports. As a result, the special product exemption may effectively deprive most U.S. agricultural export interests of any material gain in market access to developing country markets.
A further look at the data indicates the outcome may be even worse in some specific developing countries where the bound tariff rate (what they could levy on imports) is substantially higher than the applied tariff rate (what the country does levy on imports).
India, for example, would be able to avoid any significant increase in agricultural market access under the current texts. Of its roughly 700 tariff lines, India ultimately would have to decrease its applied tariff rate on only 31 lines. Without reductions in actual applied tariff rates, there is no real increase in market access.
Through a careful designation of special products, India could shield 98 to 99 percent of its agricultural imports from any actual increase in market access, and there are other exceptions India could use to further limit market access concessions.
All the while, the United States is being pressured to give up $34 billion or more in allowable domestic support while getting virtually no real increase in market access in developing countries in return.
With no increase in real market access into some of the largest developing countries, export growth in many smaller developing countries also will be hampered. This would subvert the purposes of the Doha Development Agenda and sharpen the divide between advanced developing countries and smaller less developed ones.
Unfortunately, the serious flaws in the existing negotiating text may make it impossible for any agreement that may be reached this December to be balanced for U.S. agriculture.


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Glen Rose's Petersen and Kehner up for awards
Farm Bureau has announced the finalists for the 2013 Farm Bureau Awards and two names on the list are from Glen Rose High School.
Senior Kyle Petersen is a finalist for the 3A Defensive Player of the Year and head coach Mark Kehner is a finalist for the 3A Coach of the Year Award.
The Farm Bureau Awards honor Arkansas' top offensive player, defensive player and coach of the year for each classification from 7A to 2A.
The staff at Hooten's Arkansas Football selects the finalists for each category and those 45 finalists and their families are invited to attend the Farm Bureau Awards on Monday, Dec. 16 in North Little Rock.
For the full story, see Thursday's (December 12) Malvern Daily Record


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When imported ornamental trees turn renegade, sometimes it takes an imported killer to chew them down to size.
Texas Cooperative Extension entomologists are using beetles from Crete, Greece, to combat invasive saltcedar along the Pecos River in West Texas.
Saltcedar was first introduced from southern Europe and Asia in the 1800s for erosion control and as an ornamental. Unfortunately, it was far too adaptable. Now thick stands of rogue trees choke many of the state's environmentally sensitive western waterways, sucking up water to the exclusion of native vegetation and municipalities.
To help combat the program, Dr. Allen Knutson, Extensi! on entomologist at Dallas, and Dr. Jack DeLoach, Agricultural Research Service scientist at Temple, in 2004 successfully established a small population of saltcedar leaf beetles along a creek near Big Spring.
Knutson said those beetles have since spread along five miles of the creek and defoliated 40 acres of saltcedar.
Last year, Extension organized the Saltcedar Biological Control Implementation Program to release more beetles at sites in the Upper Colorado River Watershed and along the Pecos River.
The goal is to establish new populations of beetles at additional sites and thus speed the rate of biological control, Knutson said.
Releases of beetles by Knutson's colleague Dr. Mark Muegge, Extension entomologist at Fort Stockton, at two sites on the Pecos River have been especially successful.
Beetles were released in mid-summer of 2006 and defoliated several trees before cold weather stopped them. Muegge said the adult beetles overwintered and began feedi! ng and reproducing in April. Populations at both Pecos River s! ites inc reased and dispersed during the summer.
By mid-October, beetles had defoliated more than 500 saltcedar trees across about 90 acres along the Pecos River,@ said Muegge. "The rapid success at these sites demonstrates the potential these beetles have for long-term suppression of saltcedar on the Pecos River.
The saltcedar leaf beetle eats the trees= leaves, Knutson said. Without leaves, the tree can not manufacture food. Once defoliated, the saltcedar regrows new leaves which are soon eaten by another generation of beetles. After repeated defoliation, the trees slowly starve to death.
"After four consecutive years of defoliation, trees at the original Big Spring site are starting to die," Knutson said."We think the same will happen on the Pecos River."
Muegge said most of the Pecos River saltcedar was killed by an aerial herbicide program conducted by the Pecos River Ecosystem Project during 1999-2005. However, he said some landowners did not give permission for he! rbicides to be applied to the saltcedar on their land, or efforts to contact the landowners were unsuccessful. An estimated 3,000 acres of unsprayed saltcedar remain in the Pecos River corridor.
"These islands of living saltcedar pose an imminent threat to re-infesting the Pecos through seed dispersal," Knutson said. "Trees defoliated by saltcedar leaf beetles produce very few blooms and, as a result, few if any seeds.
"Thus, while it may take four or five years of repeated defoliation by saltcedar beetles to kill a saltcedar tree, the lack of leaves due to the beetles' feeding creates stress on the tree which limits seed production and allows grasses and other desirable plants to grow where saltcedar once dominated."
The Biological Control Implementation Program plans to establish saltcedar leaf beetles at other sites in the Pecos River watershed in 2008.
Muegge said research by U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists demonstrated that the beetles feed and! reproduce only on saltcedars and do not pose a threat to any ! crop or native plant. Both adults and larvae feed on saltcedar leaves, but larvae eat more leaves.
Knutson said federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, approved the release of the beetles in Texas.
The saltcedar biological control project on the Pecos River was conducted in cooperation with the Reeves County Water Improvement District #2 and the Pecos County Water Improvement District #3.
For more information contact Knutson, at 972-952-9222 or Muegge at 432-336-8585.


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Ducati News Today must have gotten the same news tip as us, as a IT security blog is purporting to have information on how one can steal a Ducati Diavel (and presumably a Ducati Multistrada 1200) via the bike's keyless ignition system.
It should be stated up-front that the pos referenced is dated April 5th, with the writer of the blog supposedly discovering this information on April 1st…and well all know what sort of Tomfoolery goes on during that time of the year.
According to the post's author, the Ducati Diavel can be started not only without having the key in the ignition, but without the key at all.
While anyone who has ridden the Diavel knows that you only have to have the key in the proximity of the Diavel while you're riding, the idea that one can start the bike without the key comes from a default code that comes up when such an act is attempted.
Where things get sticky though is that the author claims that this four-digit PIN is set from the factory to be the last four digits of the Diavel's VIN, and that few owners know of security feature.


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The mission of High Hopes is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding, equine assisted activities and therapies, and training and education while being a proactive leader, mentor and advocate for our profession.
At High Hopes, therapeutic riding and other equestrian activities benefit the bodies, minds and spirits of people with disabilities.
"I wanted to thank you for giving my daughter the opportunity to participate in your wonderful program at High Hopes. She suddenly became more confident in herself, her teachers have seen an improvement in her school work, and we all have seen a more positive attitude in everything she attempts. I never thought an hour a week of horseback riding could do so much. The staff and volunteers of High Hopes are so pleasant and patient, the experience has been more than I could have imagined. Thank you for this wonderful gift you have given my daughter."
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We are a premier therapeutic riding center and international instructor training site, accredited by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) since 1979. We have served people with physical, emotional and developmental disabilities for more than forty years. We offer year round programs in equine assisted activities, including therapeutic riding, carriage driving and equine learning program. We also offer experiential learning through outreach programs, an integrated summer camp program and a variety of volunteer opportunities.
We offer the PATH Intl. approved instructor training course, attracting students from all over the world as well as continuing professional education for anyone seeking increased education and lifelong learning. Our training is conducted by highly qualified professionals, widely recognized in the field of therapeutic riding. High Hopes is a place where people come to heal, to learn and to make friends that last a lifetime. We strive to provide support and growth opportunities for all of our participants, families and caregivers.
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The primary disabilities include autism, attention deficit disorder, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, spina bifida, developmental delay, mental retardation, visual and hearing impairments, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and amputation. Many of the children and adults we serve including disadvantaged young people from inner cities have learning or behavioral disabilities.Contact Us
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The majority of our participants are between the ages of 3 and 14, some are in their 70's.
Most participants have varying degrees of cognitive, physical, behavioral, psychological and sensory disabilities. There is no "typical" High Hopes participant, as programs are designed to benefit individuals with a wide variety of disabilities. Our summer camp program provides an opportunity for an inclusive equestrian day-camp experience for children.
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Our participants come to us from special-education classes at local schools, as referrals from physicians, social service agencies, group homes, rehabilitation or vocational training centers, and through individual referrals by other participants.
Our goal is to offer our programs to everyone who can benefit from them, regardless of financial means, and to make direct scholarships available to those who need them.


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In this article I'll explain 5 easy ways to style your bangs and 5 different looks. Check out our hair styling pictures too, and if you feel like a quick and easy makeover try some of these bangs hairstyles today.
1. Inject Life into Your Bangs
Salon Hairstyle: Straight Medium
Straight-across eye-level bangs look cool, but you'd be forgiven if you sometimes got bored of them. If you're sick of the way they simply fall on your forehead and you think they're a bit lifeless and flat, then try this quick technique for a little more volume:
When your hair's damp (not wet), apply some extra hold styling product. With a small radial brush, blow-dry- from your roots to ends- upwards and forwards until dry. This simple technique will inject more life into your bangs and create a nice curved appearance from the side. (Also, these bangs will draw attention away from your nose- if it's a bit larger than usual.)
2. Side-Swept Bangs will Blow Them Away!
Anastacia: Straight Long Hairstyle
If you want to change your bangs without hacking into them with scissors, try simply styling them to one side like Anastacia. For an angled line that's shorter from the parted side (that is also a great way to add length to small and round face shapes), here's what you've got to do:
Starting on damp hair, work some styling product into the damp bangs and then using a blow-dryer and a paddle brush, dry your bangs across to one side. It's that easy!
3. Flattering Flicked-Out Bangs
Giuliana DePandi: Straight Long Hairstyle
If your bangs are a little longer and you want to create a flicked-out effect that draws attention away from longer face shapes and to the sides of your hairstyle, then here's a tip for you:
Apply some styling product to damp bangs. Using a blow-dryer and a paddle brush, place the brush on top of your head directly behind your bangs and slowly dry them from roots to ends in a backwards flicked-out motion. For extra hold, use a hot iron the same way (on dry hair only)
4. Bangs for When it's Heating up
Farah Fath: Straight Medium Hairstyle
If your bangs are longer than eye level and if it's hotting up out there and you feel like something a little different, then this tip will help you get some height and keep your bangs off your face. This style's great for round face shapes too:
Apply some strong hold styling product, like gel spray, to your damp hair. Using a blow-dryer and medium sized radial brush, place the brush behind your bangs (on top) and dry your hair smooth in an upwards direction. When it's dry use some more styling product to keep your bangs in place and off your face.
5. Prom Hair with a Bang
Amanda Bynes: Wavy Long Hairstyle
Here's another style to try if your bangs are longer than eye level, and if you're going to a formal occasion like a prom and you're looking for something a bit different. But, you may need some help from a stylist or someone handy with braiding:
Starting from one side, take a small section of hair and separate it into 3 even pieces. Then braid/plait the top front area and pin in place. Your bangs can also be plaited in a backwards direction and pinned down on top. This style of bangs will also lengthen small round face shapes.
Each of these 5 ways of styling your bangs are great ideas if you feel like a change but you don't want to do anything drastic, and once again they prove the many benefits of bangs hairstyles.


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AVON -- The city of Avon is preparing to take 11 property owners around the proposed Lear/Nagel interchange to court to determine a fair property price, while more than a third of the other owners in the area have agreed to appraisal prices. The rest of the property owners are working on getting contracts signed, as some are owned by multiple people and with some living out of state, according to Planning Coordinator Jim Piazza.
"If all goes well, we'll have 19 out of 30 after that and we're hopeful that some of the 11 will settle before court," Piazza said. The latest numbers show it will cost approximately $5 million to acquire the 31 parcels the city and the Ohio Department of Transportation need to build the interchange. All together, that is around 29 to 30 acres. The acquisition process started at the beginning of August.
The city's appraisal firm priced the land anywhere from $50,000 to $200,000 per acre depending on location, zoning and improvements to the land.
Piazza added that some of the parcels are needed only for the underground easements, while others will be needed temporarily during the construction.
At last night's City Council meeting, members approved more tax incentive financing for the interchange area. Council had already put a TIF on some of the property around the interchange but accidentally left out three parcels: the ones added last night. The TIF can only be used for commercial properties, and when a business improves the value of the land, the city will get more from property taxes.
The city will get about 40 percent of the return while the school district will get 60 percent, said Finance Director Bill Logan.
As far as engineering the project goes, Piazza said, Phase 2, which involves underground work, is still being reviewed by ODOT and should be completed by Oct. 15. Included in the phase is the structuring of bridge abutments and pylons.
The plan is to go out for bids on the project in February, get them back in March and break ground in the spring.


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We have written not so long ago about the dangers of camping fires, but we forgot to mention the "camping" aspect. Camping is a popular activity for motorcycle riders the world over. Not only is it cheaper than hotels, but we continue enjoying a certain amount of freedom that hotels or motels do not offer. The brotherhood (and sisterhood) of bikers often continue when camping. What can be more fun that living "outdoors" with likeminded bikers?
So here are few things you need to take into consideration when camping.
What To Take?
That is always the big question; what can you take with you. If you are traveling in a cage, it is less of a problem, but traveling on a motorcycle, especially when you are riding two-up, it becomes a real issue. Space is at a premium, and you need to have good motorcycle bags.
If you are planning on cooking yourself (I don't, since there are always nice and cheap places to eat along the way), you will need to bring cooking gear. That takes up an enormous amount of space; stove, pans, plates, cutlery, cups and some form of drinks (coffee, tea). The food itself you can buy locally, if not you will need to bring cans of food.
The other thing that you need to bring is clothing. Again, it's a space issue, you can not bring your whole wardrobe, just some basic stuff. But you do need to take into account your destination's climate. If you will be traveling between different temperatures, be smart in your clothing choice. Bring stuff that can be added, not replaced. In other words if you are in a warmer climate and going to a colder one, do not bring warm clothes and cold weather clothes. Bring warm weather clothes and then add extra clothes that can be put on top of the warm weather clothes to resist the cold weather. This way your clothing is not going to be (that) bulky. A turtleneck sweater takes up more room than two shirts that can be put on on top of each other.
Shoes take up a lot of space. Motorcycle boots can do the trick, depending on the boots, and I would add one pair of easy shoes to be used around the camping. So boots for trekking or walking, light shoes for around the camping. Since you will be wearing the boots while riding, they take up zero space.
Do not forget a towel. Drying yourself off with t-shirts is messy. Nowadays you can buy microfiber towels that take up very little space but are great for drying yourself off.
Another handy thing to have is a first-aid kit. You never know, and they are usually very small. Just the basic stuff, and of course, depending on where you are going, anti-mosquito sprays.
Tent, sleeping bag and mattress are obvious, unless you are planning to sleep under the stars (good luck). The more compact, the lighter, the better. Tents, sleeping bags and mattresses take up a lot of space, so choose carefully. This is where money spent is money well spent. But do again remember your destination's climate. Your sleeping bag's choice is going to determine if you are going to sleep well at night.
The last thing to bring is a personal choice: guides and maps. Some people do not care, and just enjoy what they are seeing, while others want to read all about the area they are in. But a paper map can be quite handy, especially if your GPS quits on you.
Packing the motorcycle
Now you need to pack everything. There are really no rules of thumb about packing. Obviously best is to keep stuff together so you know where everything is. So cooking gear in one bag, clothes in the other. The last thing you want is that cooking oil seeping into your clothes.
But one thing you do need to keep into account; your motorcycle's center of gravity. Best is to keep as much stuff as you can, particularly the heavy stuff, as close to the bike's center of gravity as you can. The heavier stuff goes low, the lighter stuff higher up. So if you are bring a cast iron frying pan (why would you?) place it at the bottom of your pannier/side case/saddlebag. Use as much as you can a fuel tank bag. It's limited in volume but sits in the center of the bike.
Sissy bar bags hold a lot of space, but do catch wind and will slow you down, and use up petrol. But they are handy to carry a lot of space, especially two-up.
Make sure your clothes are in a rain proof bag. The last thing you want is to arrive at your destination and find your clothes soaking wet.
At your destination
When you have arrived at your destination, whether it is an official camping site, or just somewhere along the road or in the wild nature, be sure to secure your motorcycle. The last thing you want is to wake up in the morning to find your ride gone. It's going to be a long walk back home. Chains and padlocks are your friends here.
Being able to keep your motorcycle close to your tent, even using your motorcycle as part of your tent is great, but some camping ground do not allow that. Better safe than sorry. But if you do, make sure your motorcycle will not tip over.
Make sure your motorcycle will not sink into the ground, especially when it has been raining. Put a plastic or metal coaster under your side stand, or put your bike on a center stand.
If you are staying at a camping ground, you will need to respect the rules. One of them is not to fire up your engine and revving it. I do not think other campers are going to like you very much if you do.
If you do plan to cook, or just make a fire, read these points about camping fires. The last thing you want is to be held responsible for creating the worst fire known to mankind.
Now just enjoy your freedom and camp to your heart's content. I just hope it is not going to rain.


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Do these:
- 1. Read Bernoulli's principle. Show how it works.
- 2. Read Pascal's Law. Tell about some inventions that use Pascal's law.
- 3. Read Newton's first law of motion. Show in three different ways how inertia works.
- 4. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Science.
And do six of these:
- 5. Show the effects of atmospheric pressure.
- 6. Show the effects of air pressure.
- 7. Show the effects of water pressure. This may be combined with atmospheric pressure or with air pressure.
- 8. With adult supervision, build and launch a model rocket. Describe how Newton's third law of motion explains how the rocket is propelled into the sky.
- 9. Explain what causes fog. Show how this works.
- 10. Explain how crystals are formed. Make some.
- 11. Explain how you use your center of gravity to keep your balance. Show three different balancing tricks.
- 12. Show in three different ways how your eyes work together and show what is meant by an optical illusion.
- 13. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for Weather.
- 14. While you are a Webelos Scout, earn the Academics belt loop for Astronomy.
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Technology group: Craftsman | Engineer | Handyman | Scientist
Outdoor group: Forester | Geologist | Naturalist | Outdoorsman